Pudhumai Pithan (1998 film)

A critic from Dinakaran noted "The film has tried to establish how a politician could be a good leader too! But it's rather surprising to note how so experienced an artiste like Parthiban forgot the fact that such a subject when dealt with in cinema medium has to be told in an uniformly interesting manner from the beginning till the end".^[6] Kala Krishnan Ramesh from Deccan Herald wrote, "the film is often downright silly, when not crass, but it has a kind of senseless appeal. To be honest, it hasn’t gone as far overboard as it could have with its masala mix. It, commendably, has no scenes of communal violence, no religious chauvinism, and its single rape scene is cut short by the mother shooting dead her about-to-be-raped daughter".^[7]

K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times called it "one of the best movies of the year. See it if you appreciate meaningful movies".^[8] Ji of Kalki wrote that despite the three heroines, the film has a documentary feel to it, and congratulated director Jeeva himself for taking on an otherwise responsible venture.^[9] D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "No doubt, debutant director, Jeeva, has adopted cinematic solutions to a few issues but overall, he generates an atmosphere suggesting that everything is not lost, if the electorate uses its vote weapon properly to choose the right person".^[10]

• Pudhumai Pithan at IMDb 
• Pudhumai Pithan at Rotten Tomatoes